Saturday, January 19, 2008

Weekly Written Analysis 3 Assignment #3-1

Britney vs. Christina
Britney and Cristina grew up together performing on the popular television show “The Mickey Mouse Club”. During this television show the two pop stars were nothing more than innocent teenage friends. There was no rivalry that one was better than the other but today, however, that is no longer the case. Today the rivalry between the stars is quite well known.
After “The Mickey Mouse Club” the two stars both launch a career in pop music. The stars were both innocent young teenagers with hit songs, but Britney seemed to eventually steel the spot light from Christina. Britney’s imagine seemed to be edger then Christina’s. Britney’s hit “Baby One More Time” video included girls dressed in skimpy school girl outfits. In my opinion it was Britney’s first attempt at screaming for attention. Christina’s first hit “Genie in the Bottle” video, however, was quite different. Christina’s video portrayed an innocent teenager, fully dressed I might add. Christina was flaunting her voice, unlike Britney who was flaunting her body. Eventually it became evident what Britney was doing. She was trying to cover up the fact that she had no vocal talent, where as Christina did… and boy did she! The small blonde bombshell could certainly belt out the turns… remember “Beautiful”. Christina could stand on stage and simply perform using her voice, where as Britney’s act included a large dance show where she always lips sync.
What eventually came to light was that Christina was the true natural star. This has been proved especially over the last couple years. Christina has chose to keep her personal life out of the spot light as much as possible. Christina quietly got married and just gave birth to her first child. Christina today is known as a well respected artist, a diva many would say.
As for Britney, well we have her to thank for supplying society with our daily need for popular culture. Britney’s highly publicized chaotic life is a paparazzi dream come true. In order for Britney to remain in the spot light she must publicize her life and rely on the occasional “accidental” crouch shots. It has become evident that Britney has no vocal talents, but she is still determined to be famous. I believe Britney’s next obstacle will be the release of the “accidentally” sex tape! Hey, it worked for Paris so why wouldn’t it work for Britney. While Britney has no true “talent”, she is not dumb. She continues to be on TV every day and her face is plastered all over celebrity magazine. She continues to feed societies obsession with popular culture and that is what will continue to make Britney famous.

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